# server chmod'ing db file

Matthew Sanderson (m.sanderson@student.anu.edu.au)
Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:47:06 PDT

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    I note that every time the server (a 1.7.8p4, ugh) checkpoints on a certain
    MOO, it seems to chmod the file it's dumped to go+r.
    Now, I don't think it's a Good Thing to have the db file o+r when it
    potentially contains data that shouldn't be readable by every luser with
    access to the server.
    Why's the server do this, and is there a way I can stop this without
    breaking things (and even better without hacking in the server code?)
    The server's an HP 9000 running sysVr4, if that's relevant.

    Matthew Sanderson
    m.sanderson@student.anu.edu.au
    The Australian National University, Canberra

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